Euro PM Congress and Exhibition (Euro PM2011), with less than 3 months until to go before annual event, has sold out. With 100+ companies coming from around globe, this year's event promises to be one of the largest dedicated PM exhibitions. Euro PM Exhibition Manager Andrew Almond said this indicates "confidence is starting to come back into the PM industry supply sector." Exhibition provides delegates and visitors chance to update contacts, network, and see new developments in industry.
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Developed by Subcommittee G02.40 on Non-Abrasive Wear, ASTM G206 provides method to accurately measure small amounts of wear on curved piston ring segments and their counterfaces after lubricated bench-scale testing. Primary users of standard will include diesel and automotive internal combustion engine designers and builders, developers of lubricants and additives, and researchers interested in surface engineering for improved friction and wear performance.
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PMMI congratulates 5 industry leaders on their induction into the Packaging Hall of Fame. They include Victor Del Rosso of Hi-Speed Checkweigher, Lawrence C. Dull of Packaging Knowledge Group, Arthur Gustafson of Algus Packaging, Thomas L. Schneider of Industrial and Shippers Supply, and M.H. "Pete" Wallace of SWF Machinery. The Class of 2011 will be honored in a reception at the Las Vegas Hilton on Sept 26, in conjunction with PACK EXPO Las Vegas.
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Bringing 25+ years of experience, Robert McCurrach has joined Automated Imaging Association (AIA) as Standards Development Director. According to AIA President Jeff Burnstein, "Bob's engineering, product, and process management skills make him a natural fit for the role." McCurrach's focus has been primarily directed towards nuclear, defense, and automotive industries. He holds BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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HomePlug® Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance®, HomeGrid Forum®, and ZigBee® Alliance have agreed to create a Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability, which will enable organizations whose technologies support communications over Internet Protocol to certify SEP 2 according to consistent test plan. Joint certification and test program will be used to certify wireless and wired devices that support IP-based smart energy applications and end-user devices such as thermostats, appliances, and gateways.
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Bernard Rzepke, COO and General Manager of A. Schulman EMEA, will be plenary speaker at EUROTEC(TM) 2011, which will be held in conjunction with Equiplast exposition in Barcelona. The presentation, titled Compounding 2021, or, How to Grow in a Decade of Uncertainty, will discuss changes the world has seen in the past 10 years. It will provide an outlook on what may happen by 2021, and how, despite uncertainties, a company can still build a sustainable compounding business.
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American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section and Apple partnered to make ebooks on legal subjects available via Apple iBookstore. Debut title, iPad in One Hour for Lawyers, can be read on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Specifically, book teaches readers to set up iPad UI, multitask with apps, sync files, as well as manage legal documents. Listing of best apps for lawyers is also included, along with keyboard and browser tips and shortcuts.
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Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy, announced that the first L Prize for LED development and manufacturing goes to Philips Lighting Electronics North America. In addition to $10 million award, winning entry is expected to benefit from promotions by many utility companies and the federal government as a replacement for the 60 W incandescent bulb. NEMA looks forward to further accelerated development and deployment of efficient lighting in the U.S. driven by the L Prize.
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AIP Publishing, a division of AIP, announces release of iPeerReview app, which allows authors and reviewers to use iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices to access broad range of information on papers submitted to any of AIP's journals in Peer X-Press, AIP's manuscript submission and review system. Once logged in, users can access list of all active and completed papers, view status history of paper, view and save paper in PDF format, and email paper.
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Gram for gram, carbon nanofiber-filled coatings devised by researchers from NIST and Texas A&M University outperformed flame retardants used in the polyurethane foam of upholstered furniture and mattresses by at least 160% and perhaps by as much as 1,130%. Test results, reported in the journal Polymer, suggest that significant fire-safety advantages can be gained by coating polyurethane foam with a club-sandwich-like arrangement of thin layers containing carbon nanofibers and polymers.
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Scheduled for Oct 2-5, TITANIUM 2011 is expected to attract more than 800 attendees from 30 countries. Conference will provide platform for business leaders to share insights on key developments and trends likely to shape market conditions. It will include keynote speaker David Houle, a futurist and business advisor, offering thoughts on "The Shift Age" and "Transformation Decade." John Byrne, VP of aircraft, materials and structures for Boeing will be the "distinguished guest speaker."
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To help expose finance trends and provide critical marketplace feedback on importance or effectiveness of various policies and incentives, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) seeks input from energy developers and financiers. Renewable Energy Finance Tracking Initiative (REFTI) questionnaire, pertaining to projects financed during first half of 2011, is available online through August 18 and takes ~15 min to complete.
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EPA and USDA announced national partnership to protect Americans' health by improving rural drinking water and wastewater systems. Nationwide, small water and sewage treatment facilities with limited funding and resources face challenges due to rising costs and aging equipment and pipes. Agreement will send federal resources to support communities that need assistance and promote job training to help put people to work while addressing growing workforce shortage in the water industry.
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September 29, 2011 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM EDT, Food Robotics webinar will present robots available to food industry, devices that are used with them, and basic safety considerations. Seminar will also explore integration methodologies, how to approach and work with systems integrators, and application markets. In addition to pre-wrap, post-wrap, pre-box, and post-box solutions, webinar will explain technical enablers for post-wrap, pre-box packaging.
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Distribution industry veteran Gary Moore explains how to benefit from customer complaints in "Turn A Negative Into A Positive," an article in Welding and Gases Today. According to Moore, complaints let you know about issues within your company that may be routinely causing problems. Repeated complaints about out-of-stock items may indicate need for new ordering algorithms, while repetitive complaints about service response time may indicate need for better dispatching or more service vans.
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Third Quarter issue of The MHEDA Journal features articles about forklift power options: which are available as options for forklifts, pros and cons of each, and what said information means to distributors. Three experts spoke about each power option and forklift trends, and most expect proportion of electric trucks to rise. None of interviewed experts, however, expect market to ever go completely electric, citing shipyard/lumberyard application demands.
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Scheduled for Oct 2-5, SPE® Automotive TPO Global Conference will include executive-management panel discussion titled "On the Road Again Toward 2016," which will explore trends reshaping the global automotive industry as it begins to recover from 2008-2009 crash. Panelists will share their views on how automotive industry will change, grow, and build cars that must achieve huge strides in fuel economy and sustainability, while also responding to global supply-chain issues and demand shifts.
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